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CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF POEMS-SYNDROME: DIFFICULTIES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

https://doi.org/10.57256/2949-0715-2022-1-57-63

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Abstract:

POEMS syndrome is a rare systemic disease that manifests with the following main symptoms: polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, paraproteinemia, skin changes. A clinical case of POEMS syndrome in a 42-year-old patient is presented. The diagnosis was verified after the appearance and increase of extraneural symptoms, such as severe edema, respiratory failure, endocrinopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy. Additional patient examinations have been done and typical for this disease paraproteinemia has been identified. A course of specific therapy was undertaken in the hematology department, a positive effect was noted. Due to multisystem organ damage, there may be a variety of onset of the disease, which makes it difficult to correctly diagnose and prescribe appropriate therapy.

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Bender T., Bykov Yu., Vasiliev Yu., Bokhna A., Vasilkova S., Merinova N., Merinova N. CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF POEMS-SYNDROME: DIFFICULTIES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. Baikal Medical Journal. 2022;1(1):57-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.57256/2949-0715-2022-1-57-63

Abstract:

POEMS syndrome is a rare systemic disease that manifests with the following main symptoms: polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, paraproteinemia, skin changes. A clinical case of POEMS syndrome in a 42-year-old patient is presented. The diagnosis was verified after the appearance and increase of extraneural symptoms, such as severe edema, respiratory failure, endocrinopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, lymphadenopathy. Additional patient examinations have been done and typical for this disease paraproteinemia has been identified. A course of specific therapy was undertaken in the hematology department, a positive effect was noted. Due to multisystem organ damage, there may be a variety of onset of the disease, which makes it difficult to correctly diagnose and prescribe appropriate therapy.

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About the Authors

T.B. Bender
Irkutsk State Medical University
Russian Federation


Yu.N. Bykov
Иркутский государственный медицинский университет
Russian Federation


Yu.N. Vasiliev
Irkutsk State Medical University


A.S. Bokhna
Irkutsk Regional Clinical Hospital


S.V. Vasilkova
Irkutsk State Medical University


N.I. Merinova
Irkutsk State Medical University


N.I. Merinova
Irkutsk State Medical University


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Bender T., Bykov Yu., Vasiliev Yu., Bokhna A., Vasilkova S., Merinova N., Merinova N. CLINICAL OBSERVATION OF POEMS-SYNDROME: DIFFICULTIES OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT. Baikal Medical Journal. 2022;1(1):57-63. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.57256/2949-0715-2022-1-57-63

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